Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship

By Irene Latham, Charles Waters, Sean Qualls (Illustrator), Selina Alko (Illustrator)

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A school writing assignment is the catalyst for conversations around race, class, and privilege in this illustrated poetic conversation between two fifth-graders who learn to honor each other's differences.

Nonfiction, Poetry
Notable Children's Books 2019
Age: Middle
Format: Book
ISBN: 9781512404425

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